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The Senate continued its debate on immigration issues on Wednesday, September 27. A motion by Senate Minority Leader,
a Democrat, to suspend the rules and allow the Latino Immigrant Fairness Act to be added as an amendment to the
H-1B bill did not receive the two-thirds vote required to pass. Cloture has been filed on the bill with the related
amendments. The Republicans seem to have been successful in getting the "clean" H-1B bill they wanted.
The H-1B bill enjoys the support of both Democrats and Republicans.
The debate has not been about the merits of raising the cap on the number of H-1Bs, but whether to take action
on other immigration matters. The Democrats may try to include the extension of NACARA provisions to cover other Central Americans, the advancement of the registry date and the restoration of 245(i) in the budget bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice and State. President Clinton has indicated that he will veto the spending bill if it does not include these provisions.

Responsibility of Certain Entities To Notify the
INS of Illegal Aliens
The INS published a notice in compliance with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 which requires that certain Federal and State entities, at least four times annually, notify the INS of
any alien the entity "knows" is not lawfully present in the US. Under this notice, an entity is not required to
make quarterly reports to the INS unless it has knowledge of an individual who is not lawfully present in the US.

Markup of H. R. 5293 by Committee on the Judiciary
On September 28, 2000 the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, is scheduled
to markup H.R. 5293, a bill to improve provisions relating to the inadmissibility and detention of, and cancellation of removal for, aliens who have committed crimes.

EOIR Memorandum on the Attorney Discipline[You will need Acrobat to view this file]
The Executive Office for Immigration Review, Office of the Chief Immigration Judge has released an Operation Policy and Procedure Memorandum outlining the procedure for discipline of attorneys including a form of order.

Delegation of Signing Authority[You will need Acrobat to view this file]
The Chief Immigration Judge of the Executive Office of Immigration Review has issued a memorandum on the delegation of signing authority within the Immigration Courts.

Gore Comes Out For Gay Immigration Rights
According to the NYPost.com Democratic presidential candidate, Al Gore, in response to a question about immigration rights for gay couples, stated that gay foreigners who enter a "civic union" with US citizens should have the same immigration rights as heterosexual married couples.

Woman Dies Without Seeing Son Who Was Denied Visa from Cuba
TBO.com reports that a cancer-stricken woman died Wednesday without a visit from her Cuban son whom she had not seen in 32 years and who was denied entry to the US to visit his dying mother. US officials have now granted him permission to attend his 70-year-old mother's funeral.